SOFTWARE

&
ITS TYPES
Submitted By
Name-Krishna Kumar
B.Roll-17402065002
Session-2017-2020
Semester-6th Sem
Branch-Computer Science & Engineering
Subject-Software Engineering & Tools

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 SOFTWARE

Software:
Software is a set of instructions, data or programs
used to operate computers and execute specific tasks.
Opposite of hardware, which describes the physical
aspects of a computer, software is a generic term used
to refer to applications, scripts and programs that run
on a device. Software can be thought of as the variable
part of a computer, and hardware the invariable part.
Computer software, or simply software, is a collection
of data or computer instructions that tell the computer
how to work. This is in contrast to physical hardware,
from which the system is built and actually performs
the work.

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 TYPES OF SOFTWARE

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 SYSTEM SOFTWARE

System software:
System software includes operating systems such
as devise drivers, severs, windowing systems, and
utilities. System software runs the hardware and
computer system. The two main categories of system
software are operating systems and utility software.

Functions of system software are:

The three major functions of system software are
allocating system resources, monitoring system
activities, and disk and file management.
1. Allocating system resources: The
system resources are time, memory, input, and
output. The time in the CPU is divided into time
slices. The time slices is measured in terms of

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 milliseconds. Based on the priority of tasks the
time slices are assigned. Memory is also managed
by operating system. Disk space is the part of
main memory. The data flow is controlled by
operating system.
2. Monitoring system activities: The
system security and system performance is
monitored by system software. System
performance includes response time and CPU
utilization. System security is a part of operating
system. Multiple users can’t access without the
security code or password.
3. File and disk management: The user
needs to save, copy, delete, move and rename
the files. The system software will handle those
functions. Disk and file management is the
technical task.

Example Of System Software:

 Operating Systems
 Programming Languages
 Device Drivers
 BIOS Software
 LINUX
 MAC OS

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 APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Application Software:
Application software is a term which is used for
software created for a specific purpose. It is generally
a program or collection of programs used by end
users. It can be called an application or simply an app.
In fact all the software other than system software
and programming software are application software.
A software which is developed to help the user to
perform specific tasks is called application software.

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Features of Application Software
Perform more specialized tasks like word
processing, spreadsheets, email, photo editing,
etc.
It needs more storage space as it is bigger in size.
Easy to design and more interactive for the user.
Generally written in a high-level language.

Examples Of Application Software

Word processing software
Browser
Database programs
Entertainment software
Business software
Educational software
Computer-aided design(CAD) software
Spreadsheet software etc.

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 UITILITY SOFTWARE

Utility software:
Utility software is software designed to help to
analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer. It
is used to support the computer infrastructure - in
contrast to application software, which is aimed at
directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users.

Examples Of The Utility Software

Disk defragmenters, System Profilers, Network
Managers, Application Launchers, Antivirus
software, Backup software, Disk repair, Disk
Cleaners, Registry Cleaners, Disk Space
analyzer, file manager, File Compression, Data
Security and many more.

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 Difference Between
System Software
And
Application Software

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